JOB HORTOP A.D. 



1568. 



they forthwith lay a great tree overthwart the way, so 

 that at their returne, for that their legs be so short, they 

 cannot goe over it : then the Negroes set upon them 

 with their bowes, arrowes and darts, and so destroy them. 



From thence we entred the river called the Casserroes, 

 where there were other Caravels trading with the Negroes, 

 and them we tooke. In this Hand betwixt the river and 

 the maine, trees grow with Oisters upon them. There 

 grow Palmito trees, which bee as high as a ships maine 

 mast, and on their tops grow nuts, wine and oyle, which 

 they call Palmito wine and Palmito oyle. The Plantan 

 tree also groweth in that countrey ; the tree is as bigge as 

 a mans thigh, and as high as a firre pole, the leaves 

 thereof be long and broad, and on the top grow the fruit 

 which are called Plantanos : they are crooked, and a cubite 

 long, and as bigge as a mans wrist, they growe on 

 clusters : when they be ripe they be very good and 

 daintie to eate : Sugar is not m^ore delicate in taste then 

 they be. 



From thence with the Angel, the Judith, and the two 

 pinnesses, we sailed to Sierra leona, where our Generall 

 at that time was, who with the captaines and souldiers 

 went up into the river called Taggarin, to take a towne of The river of 

 the Negroes, where he found three kings of that countrey Taggann. 

 with fiftie thousand Negroes besieging the same towne, 

 which they could not take in many yeeres before, when 

 they had warred with it. Our General made a breach, 

 entred & valiantly tooke the towne, wherein were found 

 five Portugals which yeelded themselves to his mercy, and 

 hee saved their lives : we tooke & caried thence for 

 traffique to the West Indies 500. Negroes. The three 500- 'Negroes 

 kings drove 7000. Negroes into ye sea at low water, ^^'^^^• 

 at the point of the land, where they were all drowned in 

 the Oze, for that they could not take their canoas to save 

 themselves. Wee returned backe againe in our pinnesses 

 to the ships, and there tooke in fresh water, and made 

 ready sayle towards Rio grande. At our comming thither Rio grande. 

 we entred with the Angel, the Judith, and the 2 pinnesses, 



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